Jiang Ziqi silently raised her hand, "Me."

Tan Lingjian: "You? Are you crazy?"

Jiang Ziqi rolled her eyes. "What I mean is, I am the city lord's daughter they are looking for."

Tan Lingjian, "!!!"

"You say you're the city lord's daughter? Jiang Ziqi, are you kidding me? You? Ha! Besides, your surname is Jiang, not Fu. You're not going to make up another excuse to say you're the city lord's illegitimate daughter, are you?"

Jiang Ziqi, “…”

She knew Tan Lingjian; she was the beloved daughter of Tan Dingding, the dean of Dan Academy. But she had never considered getting along with Tan Lingjian before, especially not for a long time. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to handle it... Cough cough, Jiang Ziqi, what are you thinking! How did she get influenced by Teacher Tan? She and Yan Qingnuo weren't even officially dating yet!

Hua Ansu threw the pastry in her hand at Tan Lingjian's feet, saying, "If you're so old and can't speak properly, then shut up."

Tan Lingjian jumped up, "My shoes!"

She pointed at Hua Ansu and said, "What right do you have to lecture me?"

Hua Ansu narrowed his eyes; he wanted to break that hand.

Tan Dingding stepped in to support her, but not his daughter. "Lingling, have you forgotten what your father told you? Once you recover, Hua Ansu will be your teacher. How could you be rude to her? She's not only your savior but also your teacher. It's right for her to discipline you. Being rude to her is wrong, understand?"

Tan Lingjian couldn't help but recall that Tan Dingding had told her this several times, but why would she want to become the disciple of a young girl with yellow hair who was about the same age as her? She didn't want to!

Tan Lingjian was terrified that Tan Dingding would force her to become his disciple. She knew her father too well, so she ran back into the house without saying a word.

Hua Ansu: She doesn't want a useless apprentice who's forced upon her.

"Hey old man Tan, that's not fair of you. I haven't even agreed yet."

Old Man Tan rubbed his hands together. “Hua girl, you’ve seen it too. I really can’t teach Lingling like this. Can you help me take care of her? Let’s do what we agreed on last time. You can discipline her however you want, and I won’t interfere. For example, I think you hit her too lightly just now. You should have hit her harder!”

Hua Ansu: Is this my biological father?

Hua Ansu really didn't want to take care of the unruly child who had grown up badly. Did they really think she was free? She said, "Old Tan, don't you want to know why those people are gathered outside? I'm like a clay Bodhisattva crossing the river, barely able to save myself."

"Why?" Tan Dingding guessed, "Does he want your autograph?"

"It's going to kill me."

"What?"

Let's go back to yesterday morning.

The night before, Jiang Ziqi met up with the people from Yunying Patimi (mainly Dou Bingsong led her to meet up with Qi Jian). It was the first time the two mercenary groups had cooperated. Most of the men who had been abducted were assigned to mine, while the women were mostly sold to remote areas. Meng Luo did this to prepare mineral energy for the vast interstellar space and to cover up his experimental base.

Now all of these people have been rescued, numbering as many as three hundred.

Jiang Ziqi could not ignore what Meng Luo had done, and many people knew that Meng Luo's mask of kindness had been torn off. She could only decide to make him take responsibility for his actions.

Facing the entire city, she didn't mention the Yunzhishan experimental base. She didn't know how to bring it up. Those who were experimented on had been taken away by Hua Ansu. Apart from her, Yan Qingnuo, Dou Bingsong, and Qi Jian, no one knew about this, not even Yun Ying and Patimi.

Therefore, in order to avoid causing unnecessary panic, she discussed the matter with Yan Qingnuo, Dou Bingsong, and Qi Jian and decided to temporarily suppress it.